Rick Astley discography
As lead artist

Year
Title
Peak chart positions
Peak chart positions
Peak chart positions
Peak chart positions
Peak chart positions
Peak chart positions
Peak chart positions
Peak chart positions
Peak chart positions
Peak chart positions
Peak chart positions
Certifications
Album
Year
Title
UK
AUS
BEL
CAN
GER
IRE
NL
NZ
SWE
SWI
US
Certifications
Album
1987
"Never Gonna Give You Up"
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
UK: Platinum CAN: Gold GER: Gold SWE: Gold US: Gold AU: Gold
Whenever You Need Somebody
1987
"Whenever You Need Somebody"
3
3
2
—
1
3
2
9
1
1
—
-
Whenever You Need Somebody
1987
"When I Fall in Love" "My Arms Keep Missing You"
2
5
1
—
6
2
3
25
12
14
—
UK: Silver
Whenever You Need Somebody
1988
"Together Forever"
2
19
2
1
5
1
12
10
—
14
1
CAN: Gold
Whenever You Need Somebody
1988
"It Would Take a Strong Strong Man"
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
10
-
Whenever You Need Somebody
1988
"She Wants to Dance with Me"
6
15
3
1
10
4
8
10
12
12
6
-
Hold Me in Your Arms
1988
"Take Me to Your Heart"
8
41
11
—
10
5
11
43
10
16
—
-
Hold Me in Your Arms
1989
"Hold Me in Your Arms"
10
77
25
—
32
7
35
—
—
—
—
-
Hold Me in Your Arms
1989
"Giving Up on Love"
—
—
—
45
—
—
—
—
—
—
38
-
Hold Me in Your Arms
1989
"Ain't Too Proud to Beg"
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
89
-
Hold Me in Your Arms
1991
"Cry for Help"
7
13
5
4
14
9
11
—
17
—
7
-
Free
1991
"Move Right Out"
58
110
—
36
52
—
66
—
—
—
81
-
Free
1991
"Never Knew Love"
70
—
42
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
Free
1993
"The Ones You Love"
48
132
—
54
54
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
Body & Soul
1993
"Hopelessly"
33
—
—
8
—
—
—
—
—
—
28
-
Body & Soul
2001
"Sleeping"
—
—
—
—
60
—
—
—
—
69
—
-
Keep It Turned On
2001
"Keep It Turned On"
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
Keep It Turned On
2010
"Lights Out"
97
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
My Red Book (Unreleased)
2012
"Goodbye But Not the End"
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
My Red Book (Unreleased)
2016
"Keep Singing"
127
—
75
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
50
2016
"Angels on My Side"
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
50
2016
"Dance"
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
50
2018
"Beautiful Life"
—
—
69
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
Beautiful Life
2018
"Empty Heart"
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
Beautiful Life
2018
"Try"
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
Beautiful Life
2018
"She Makes Me"
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
Beautiful Life
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"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Question: When was the single "Whenever You Need Somebody" first released?
Answer: "Whenever You Need Somebody" was released in 1987.